Install News & Trends Data in Devin Desktop
What you need first
- Devin Desktop, installed.
- Nothing else: the server runs on its publisher's machines and Devin Desktop connects to it.
Steps
- Open
~/.config/devin/mcp_config.json, or create it. On Windows it is%APPDATA%\devin\mcp_config.json. - Add this block. If the file already has
mcpServers, add only the entry inside it.
{
"mcpServers": {
"news-and-trends": {
"url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=highbrow_fame/google-trends-reliable,highbrow_fame/substack-posts,highbrow_fame/hacker-news-stories,highbrow_fame/apple-podcasts-shows-episodes,highbrow_fame/google-trends-trending-now,highbrow_fame/google-news-articles,highbrow_fame/google-news-api,highbrow_fame/article-extractor-api,highbrow_fame/news-search-api,highbrow_fame/arxiv-api"
}
}
} - Save the file and restart Devin Desktop.
Check it worked
Ask Devin Desktop: List the tools of news-and-trends.
If it does not start
- 401 Unauthorized
- The endpoint wants a sign-in or a key. Sign in when Devin Desktop asks.
- Nothing changes after a restart
- The file is not valid JSON any more. Look for a missing comma where the block was added.